Super super excited to share this post. I’ve been working on this bobblehead subset since 2018. It’s been a long journey but I’m finally able to say its complete - at least currently, thru the 2020 season. Although I believe there were a couple teams that thought about doing bobbleheads last season but ultimately scrapped those plans because of the pandemic and loss of fans/games. Hopefully we’ll see more scheduled for 2021!!
So it all started in 2018 when a new collegiate summer baseball league was formed, called the Expedition League. I learned about the league and the possibility of bobbleheads in early 2018. I followed this from afar but knowing I wasn’t really close to any city, it was going to be tough. In 2018 there were 8 teams in the league and 7 of them did bobbleheads. At that time I knew I wanted to go for the set and I figured if the league did well, there would be more in the future.
Thru the 2020 season there are a total of 11 bobbleheads in the Expedition League set. 3 teams did a second bobble (Souris Valley, Badlands and Pierre) and Wheat City joined the league and did their inaugural bobblehead, all in 2019. Unfortunately one team folded (Hub City) but the league gained another team with Wheat City in 2019 - the Fremont Moo. And in 2021, 3 teams start their inaugural journey - the Sioux Falls Sunfish, Mining City Tommyknockers and the Canyon County Spuds. Check out the picture below. I’ll also make individual posts for each bobblehead!
Grizz - Pierre Trappers - 2018 Grizz - Pierre Trappers - 2019
Teddy - Badlands Big Sticks - 2018 Teddy - Badlands Big Sticks - 2019
Ace - Souris Valley Sabre Dogs - 2018 Ace - Souris Valley Sabre Dogs - 2019
Jack - Wheat City Whiskey Jacks - 2019 Derrick - Casper Horseheads - 2018
Samson - Spearfish Sasquatch - 2018 Hiram - Western Nebraska Pioneers - 2018
Dinger - Hub City Hotshots - 2018
Dinger - Hub City Hotshots - 2018
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